| 单词 | whetsaw |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhetsaw whetsaw n. a bird allied to the cuckoo, so called from its making a noise like the whetting of a saw. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Cuculiformes (cuckoos, etc.) > [noun] > family Cuculidae > other members or allies of malkoha1769 whetsaw1778 railbird1793 channelbill1801 guira1866 ground-cuckoo1883 channel-billed cuckoo1887 1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. xviii. 475 The Whetsaw is of the cuckow kind, being like that a solitary bird, and scarcely ever seen,..it makes a noise like the filing of a saw. < as lemmas |
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